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Hope for victims after hate crime crackdown

As the CST launches a joint initiative with a leading British Muslim support group to offer advice for victims and witnesses of hate crime the CPS also strengthens its position on hate crime

August 25, 2017 09:47
Antisemitic graffiti in Suffolk earlier this year

ByLee Harpin, Lee Harpin

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A double-pronged attack on hate crime was launched this week with a Jewish-Muslim initiative to aid victims coinciding with an announcement by the Crown Prosecution Service of a crackdown on online offenders.

The Community Security Trust and the Tell Mama organisation, which monitors Islamophobia, issued a guidebook aimed at helping those who have been racially abused or witnessed such attacks.

The publication, Hate Crime: A guide for those affected, includes details of victims’ rights and advice on how to navigate the criminal justice system.

CST said it was an “important tool” in tackling a rising tide of antisemitism and Islamophobia in the UK. The launch on Wednesday came 48 hours after Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, said internet abuse should be treated as seriously as offences committed face-to-face.